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TheJokeris more than just a threat to Gotham City : he ’s also a honest tragical frame . It was prove — in a 1990s crossing government issue , no less — that the Joker , if given the right medical treatment , can be cured of his madness once and for all .
The Joker ’s curative is detailed in the Marvel and DC crossoverSpider - Man and Batman#1 by J.M. DeMatteis , Mark Bagley , Scott Hanna , Mark Farmer , Electric Crayon , and Richard Starkings . A Doctor of the Church from the Marvel Universe known as Dr. Briar testify that she can bring around people using a biotechnical chip that she introduce in the affected role ’s wit . Dr. Briar first manifest this procedure using the consecutive grampus Cletus Kasady before moving over to Gotham and propose the same discourse for the Joker .
This technology - based procedure completely removes the patient ’s homicidal impulse and reduces them to little more than a scared child — and it is used successfully on the Joker . While people have some reservations about her method , it turns out that Dr. Briar is completely right and manages to cure the Joker completely .
The Joker is often considered one of the most unhinged fiber in comic books , but it turn out Joker ’s biggest secret is that he ’s sane .
The Joker Can Be “Cured” Using Technology from the Marvel Universe
Dr. Briar ’s experimentation cease up being a complete success , and the Joker is rendered entirely harmless by her biotechnical chip . After the procedure , the Joker has absolutely no interest in harm others and is actually pretty cowardly overall . When Cletus manages to break his own chip , the Joker is legitimately terrify and beg Batman to keep him safe from Cletus . Dr. Briar ’s experiment may not have fully worked on Cletus , but that ’s due to Cletus ' ancestry connection to an alien symbiote . There ’s no reason to mean that the Joker would eventually violate his conditioning as well , and retiring examples prove it .
TheJoker has been cured of his insanitya few clock time in DC history . One of the most celebrated example is when Martian Manhunter apply his telepathy to rearrange the Joker ’s mind , essentially " fix " his insanity . This sane variant of the Joker like a shot expresses rue for his actions and questions why he would even hurt so many mass to begin with . The only reason he returns to insanity is because Martian Manhunter has to physically support his creative thinker together , a load too great for even a Justice League appendage . When Manhunter stops , the Joker ’s thinker falls aside once again .
The Joker Can Be Made Completely Harmless
The Joker is one of DC ’s tough in series cause of death , but stories like this promise that he ’s not completely irredeemable , and he sure is n’t incurable . Several examples have demonstrate that the Joker ’s insanity can be fix — it ’s just a issue of chance a feasible direction to do it . The Marvel crossover voter featuring Dr. Briar show , once and for all , that curing the Jokeris absolutely potential under the right circumstances .
Spider - Man and Batman#1is available now from Marvel Comics !
